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big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. today, investors want retirement planning on their terms. i want to work with people who are objective. how about a plan with my name on it... not someone else's. can we start with realistic goals please? and research that's strictly third party. show me how to keep more retirement money in my pocket. now, and down the road. those are my terms. those are my terms. those are my terms. then this is your place. td ameritrade. where millions of investors plan for retirement on their terms. >>> word today that toyota may shut down its manufacturing plants in the united states, a direct result of the disaster in japan. how much will the devastation in japan affect
big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. today, investors want retirement planning on their terms. i want to work with people who...
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as i said, they think they are too big to fail. the two aces are 100 nuclear warheads. we have to be nice to them. b, they are the frontline in the war on terror. as it happens, they have not been good stewards. they have the aq connetwork and treat that as their leading nuclear technology like a national hero and they effectively extort money to supply our troops in afghanistan while at the same time playing footsie with the taliban and supporting elements in the taliban that are attacking american troops. this is not the acts or the wi a friendly country should act. >> on the one hand, they disseminated technology from the worst regimes and harbored public enemy number one, osama bin laden. they pretended to help us while they simultaneously provided safe havens along the pakistani-afghan border and given the $20 billion in aid. we are getting the short end of the stick. >> who are is the chump? you are an old prosecutor. like when a cop says to the criminal, are you sorry? yeah, sorry you caught me. that's pakistan right now. sorry you caught us. >> if we terminated
as i said, they think they are too big to fail. the two aces are 100 nuclear warheads. we have to be nice to them. b, they are the frontline in the war on terror. as it happens, they have not been good stewards. they have the aq connetwork and treat that as their leading nuclear technology like a national hero and they effectively extort money to supply our troops in afghanistan while at the same time playing footsie with the taliban and supporting elements in the taliban that are attacking...
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>> yes, we need to realize this is a big complex place. there is not going to be the level of security that the western world is used to, look at iraq, where people think we've succeeded to a degree, every day there's an explosion in a part of town and there's attacks in baghdad in the sunni areas, across the country and we think we're doing well there, and we are. we need to be careful about making relative judgment. general petraeus has been very careful in what he said about the gains that we've made. he's used these phrases over and over again, france i'll and reversible. fragile means with a concentration of taliban forces on a hotel like this in almost any city in afghanistan, they can take it over probably, overcome afghan security, and then the afghans have to call for the united states or others to come help them. that's the reality of afghanistan. the level of security the rest of the world is used to is never going to happen there in the next year or two. there was progress, it was fragile and it's reversible. and what the talib
>> yes, we need to realize this is a big complex place. there is not going to be the level of security that the western world is used to, look at iraq, where people think we've succeeded to a degree, every day there's an explosion in a part of town and there's attacks in baghdad in the sunni areas, across the country and we think we're doing well there, and we are. we need to be careful about making relative judgment. general petraeus has been very careful in what he said about the gains...
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>> there's a big lesson. president obama right now has to make huge decisions about the future of nuclear energy in this country. germany, switzerland have thrown in the towel. no more nuclear power plants. they'll be phased out. italy is now tottering. now the question is, what will the united states do? that's going to be the big question. people are wondering about the next ten years. >> getting off of fossil fuels and all that. of course, one of those things would be nuclear energy, correct? >> that's right. remember president barack obama canceled the nuclear waste tum p in yucca mountain. if we build more nuclear power plants, there's nowhere to put the nuclear waste. >> stay after the show and let's talk. thank you. i love it. >>> up next here -- the deadly violence in syria. in a horrific war of words, the government and protesters are arguing about who's more brutal. that story is up next. >>> i want to warn you off the top the video you're about to see is very disturbing. the protests in syria has b
>> there's a big lesson. president obama right now has to make huge decisions about the future of nuclear energy in this country. germany, switzerland have thrown in the towel. no more nuclear power plants. they'll be phased out. italy is now tottering. now the question is, what will the united states do? that's going to be the big question. people are wondering about the next ten years. >> getting off of fossil fuels and all that. of course, one of those things would be nuclear...
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i think for him to come out first was a big mistake. he should have led from a negotiating standpoint and let obama and democrats come out with first proposal. and then he can start rooti ish from there. >> you talk about political negotiation. i want to understand your substance and where you want to end up and end point where you want to get to and figure out negotiating strategy. >> let me just tell you -- >> let me ask this question -- >> i want to end up with a rich country again. right now we're a debtor nation. i want to end up with a rich country again. >> you have to be more specific than that. >> i don't want to be specific right now because i'm formulating a plan which i think will be a very good one. i don't want to talk about it right now. >> i don't mean to push you hard. we're buddies. but you have to have more than that at this point. what do you want to do to rein in health care costs? >> there's so much fraud and waste it's disgusting. one other thing, i see with my company and i think probably what happened here more
i think for him to come out first was a big mistake. he should have led from a negotiating standpoint and let obama and democrats come out with first proposal. and then he can start rooti ish from there. >> you talk about political negotiation. i want to understand your substance and where you want to end up and end point where you want to get to and figure out negotiating strategy. >> let me just tell you -- >> let me ask this question -- >> i want to end up with a rich...
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i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a downgrade. it is unsure whether that would happen. the reid plan, even though a lot of the parts of that are seen by many as gimmicks, probably would pass that hurdle and you wouldn't get that immediate downgrade. that's an interesting distinction. >> stand by for a moment. i want to bring back kate and jessica. there is a harry reid plan and a john boehner plan. given the stakes involved, why not have these two gentlemen sit down together and sort of reach a compromise? i'll meet you halfway here. you meet me halfway there. let's get
i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a...
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that's a big question. they clearly can't have an opening in the treasury secretary's post right now. so it would leave the white house and the administration in a lurch if he were to, you know, really plan an exit without a clear succession plan. but treasury secretary geithner is clearly exhausted. >> but that is exactly why it stee seems to me so odd. it sounds like what people are expecting out of this white house when it comes to economics these days, so maybe it's just par for the course. jeff, does it strike you as just kind of bad politics, bad timing? what's your take on this? >> i don't think anyone in the world cares much who's the treasury secretary. people care that the economy is not recovering, and he is the leading representative of it other than the president himself. things were getting better in may. they stopped getting better. this is a problem in substance, and it's a problem politically. shuffling around the boxes doesn't matter, but the lack of a sense that anything is getting better
that's a big question. they clearly can't have an opening in the treasury secretary's post right now. so it would leave the white house and the administration in a lurch if he were to, you know, really plan an exit without a clear succession plan. but treasury secretary geithner is clearly exhausted. >> but that is exactly why it stee seems to me so odd. it sounds like what people are expecting out of this white house when it comes to economics these days, so maybe it's just par for the...
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they're worried the taliban have been preparing a big one. after days of nothing, the insurgents have finally amassed around the compound and beginning to attack from all sides. >> come on, hustle up. grab it and be ready. >> reporter: they use mortars first, aiming for taliban dug into the hills, but the incoming fire is very accurate here. >> go, go, go, go, go! >> reporter: they arrange cover from heavy machine guns. >> grab a round. as soon as they go psycyclic, d it. >> reporter: but the bullets are too close. locals scatter. just before huge american fire power has the last word. >> oh, oh! >> reporter: four massive air strikes across the hills and then the taliban fall silent. america knew why it came here but isn't sure why it's staying. >> can we get like a police call for like cigarette butts. >> reporter: ten minutes later jets swoop in to straif the hills. a show of force, but the taliban are now either gone or dead. at least five killed by the soldiers' count. the next morning it starts again. mortars and rocket-propelled grenade
they're worried the taliban have been preparing a big one. after days of nothing, the insurgents have finally amassed around the compound and beginning to attack from all sides. >> come on, hustle up. grab it and be ready. >> reporter: they use mortars first, aiming for taliban dug into the hills, but the incoming fire is very accurate here. >> go, go, go, go, go! >> reporter: they arrange cover from heavy machine guns. >> grab a round. as soon as they go...
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but if you raise the debt ceiling and don't cut spending, you'll have the same big problems. that's the answer to your question. the compromise has to cut spending. we have to respond to what everybody in america is saying and what the world credit markets are saying which is our problem isn't the debt ceiling. our problem is the debt. >> cutting spending and the balanced budget amendment are two different things. one may accomplish the other, but this they are still separate things. is the balanced budget amendment a drop-dead requirement? >> i don't have a drop-dead requirement? i have a whole host of things that my constituents have sent me here to do. cutting spending is one thing and balancing the budge set another thing. what we can do right now is make sure we're cutting spending today. don't give me a deal that cuts spending ten years down the road. show me what you're going to do this year and next year, before americans go back to the polls. >> simple but sort of strange question. are you happy tonight? >> i'm not happy tonight. we started this process back in febru
but if you raise the debt ceiling and don't cut spending, you'll have the same big problems. that's the answer to your question. the compromise has to cut spending. we have to respond to what everybody in america is saying and what the world credit markets are saying which is our problem isn't the debt ceiling. our problem is the debt. >> cutting spending and the balanced budget amendment are two different things. one may accomplish the other, but this they are still separate things. is...
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i know it's not a big deal. it's not that big a deal, but it is -- every change, let's just put it this way, every difference is more favorable to the government in a military tribunal. but there are not that many differents. i want another perspective on to. jack rice who's now a criminal defense lawyer joins us from minneapolis. you've been to guantanamo many times. to investigate, pursue these issues. you feel deeply guantanamo should be closed and the president is making an egregious mistake. explain why. >> i keep asking myself, what are we afraid of? we always said is the american justice system is the best in the world. if that's the case, then why don't we try these guys in new york where this happened? let's give them this presumption of innocence, let's put them in front of the jury. if the federal government can prove that they did it, then fine. let's provide the transparency so nobody has the excuse to say this is the kangaroo court. that's the fundamental problem of the military tribunal. it's the
i know it's not a big deal. it's not that big a deal, but it is -- every change, let's just put it this way, every difference is more favorable to the government in a military tribunal. but there are not that many differents. i want another perspective on to. jack rice who's now a criminal defense lawyer joins us from minneapolis. you've been to guantanamo many times. to investigate, pursue these issues. you feel deeply guantanamo should be closed and the president is making an egregious...
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big things like what does the environment look like? there's a lot of work to be done beyond identifying bin laden, but i wouldn't do that with a fellow from houston. you're going to do that with locals. >> showing up with a new york giants t-shirt isn't going to help 37 but what that suggests to me then is you need a lot of local assets as you guys refer to them. people you trust enough to extend into abbottobad to begin to gather situation. so you need to have pre-existing infrastructure within that region to get this going. is that a fair assumption? >> that's a fair assumption. weave been at it for nine years. we've been looking at the infrastructure of al qaeda in h success.areas. we've had a lot of experience doing this. >> paul, last year from you. if, in fact, the loss of bin laden is such a blow to them and al qaeda as an, o, how do they then re-establish themselves as a major force. can we predict they're going to try to do something aggressive in the near term? >> it seems bin laden was obsessing about the 10th anniversary, h
big things like what does the environment look like? there's a lot of work to be done beyond identifying bin laden, but i wouldn't do that with a fellow from houston. you're going to do that with locals. >> showing up with a new york giants t-shirt isn't going to help 37 but what that suggests to me then is you need a lot of local assets as you guys refer to them. people you trust enough to extend into abbottobad to begin to gather situation. so you need to have pre-existing...
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mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... host: could switching to geico reon car insurance? e host: do dogs chase cats? ♪ 70's music sfx: squealing tires. >>> in tonight's war on terror, it's official. al qaeda has a new leader. ayman al zawahiri, the egyptian born second in command to osama bin laden. he is known as a mast he of logistics and manning who favors big attacks. but he is unpopular. even resented among the rank and file. as he takes the helm, terror experts worry he'll have someone to prove. moments ago, i spoke to al baker about this. thanks so much for joining me. ayman al zawahiri is the new head of al qaeda. first a lot of people are intrigued. as am i. how much do we know about the decision process? this isn't a board of directors that sits down at a formal meeting. what happens? >> in a loose sense, what they want is they want some sort of buy-in from the key people that are still living within al qaeda. and there's a number of them. you're right, it's not as fornlal as a sit-down bored meeting. in part
mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... host: could switching to geico reon car insurance? e host: do dogs chase cats? ♪ 70's music sfx: squealing tires. >>> in tonight's war on terror, it's official. al qaeda has a new leader. ayman al zawahiri, the egyptian born second in command to osama bin laden. he is known as a mast he of logistics and manning who favors big attacks. but he is unpopular. even resented among the rank and file. as he takes the helm,...
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>> you can not being nuclear power plants without federal loan guarantees because plants are too big relative to the size of american power companies. the government offered loan guarantees, that's why our company started to develop a nuclear -- >> we'll continue this conversation some other night. thanks for coming in. >>> next, a battle of wanot in afghanistan. ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 and talk to chuck about ttd# 1-800-345-2550 rolling over that old 401k. if anything, i thought i'd get hit by a bus, but not a heart. my doctor put me on an aspirin regimen to help protect my life. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. check with your doctor because it can happen to anybody. >>> as the u.s. military involvement in libya seems to be ramping up, we're still involved in two long-term wars in the middle east. in afghanistan the history is murky, especially when it's written by the u.s. army. cnn investigative correspondent drew griffin has a special report on the alleged cover-up of th
>> you can not being nuclear power plants without federal loan guarantees because plants are too big relative to the size of american power companies. the government offered loan guarantees, that's why our company started to develop a nuclear -- >> we'll continue this conversation some other night. thanks for coming in. >>> next, a battle of wanot in afghanistan. ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 and talk to chuck about ttd#...
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this economy is a big, big question on that. >> foreign policy gives you an immediate boost, it's the economy in the long run. we'll be right back. [ robin ] my name is robin. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪ my doctor gave me a prescription for chantix, a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] chantix is a non-nicotine pill proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these symptoms or behaviors, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop serious allergic or skin r
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>> you can not being nuclear power plants without federal loan guarantees because plants are too big relative to the size of american power companies. the government offered loan guarantees, that's why our company started to develop a nuclear -- >> we'll continue this conversation some other night. thanks for coming in. >>> next, a battle of wanot in afghanistan. >>> as the u.s. military involvement in libya seems to be ramping up, we're still involved in two long-term wars in the middle east. in afghanistan the history is murky, especially when it's written by the u.s. army. cnn investigative correspondent drew griffin has a special report on the alleged cover-up of the battle of wanot in which nine soldiers died. one soldier who survived said, and i quote, "our leaders left us in a fishbowl, handcuffed by the enemy moving in." at first the military found those leaders derelict in their duty, but then in a strange about-face, the same leaders were taken off the hook. >> going hot. 50 meters east. they're within hand grenade range. >> stand by for fire. >> this is video from apache h
>> you can not being nuclear power plants without federal loan guarantees because plants are too big relative to the size of american power companies. the government offered loan guarantees, that's why our company started to develop a nuclear -- >> we'll continue this conversation some other night. thanks for coming in. >>> next, a battle of wanot in afghanistan. >>> as the u.s. military involvement in libya seems to be ramping up, we're still involved in two...
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and right now we're like a big israel. we have our intelligence service and we have our military, and that's all. and we can't win with that. >> look, i don't disagree with you, as i said, that we're not winning hearts and minds. i don't think we can succeed in that battle in afghanistan. i do believe that we have sufficiently chased al qaeda out of afghanistan so that they're now in pakistan in very limited numbers. i'm not sure an enormous almost world war ii sized effort inv e invading afghanistan would have succeeded. the historical metaphor is more like vietnam where we've learned different lessons. michael, time runs short. thank you for coming on the show. interesting conversation. we'll have to continue it some other evening. >> thank you. >>> what do you got later in the show? >> the best ticket in town isn't the broadway, it's the beltway. we've got the serious deficit we have to close. today political theatrics. we will take a very close look and have a serious discussion about the oil subsidies. that's coming u
and right now we're like a big israel. we have our intelligence service and we have our military, and that's all. and we can't win with that. >> look, i don't disagree with you, as i said, that we're not winning hearts and minds. i don't think we can succeed in that battle in afghanistan. i do believe that we have sufficiently chased al qaeda out of afghanistan so that they're now in pakistan in very limited numbers. i'm not sure an enormous almost world war ii sized effort inv e invading...
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>> that would be a big step. and if it didn't succeed, tom, a huge valiant one to two to three to four-month effort at building a movement behind a balanced budget amendment. you know, part two of the boehner plan is there will be another tranche of potential debt ceiling raise down the road -- >> so let me make sure i understand. if you could get the vote, if democrats and republicans say we will have a vote on a balanced budget amendment, even if it failed, you would say this is a victory of a sort and we can move forward? >> it's movement in the right direction. is it enough, tom, for a guy like me right now? no. i need passage out of both houses. i know that's a tall lift. but i really want my leadership to keep pushing for that. and let's see how this plays out. >> all right. well, i understand -- i fully understand your position, the sense that as you said this is a once in 100-year opportunity for people like you to push the way you are. and we'll see how it plays out. congressman, thanks so much for being
>> that would be a big step. and if it didn't succeed, tom, a huge valiant one to two to three to four-month effort at building a movement behind a balanced budget amendment. you know, part two of the boehner plan is there will be another tranche of potential debt ceiling raise down the road -- >> so let me make sure i understand. if you could get the vote, if democrats and republicans say we will have a vote on a balanced budget amendment, even if it failed, you would say this is a...
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it wasn't a big deal. and i don't know. it's something i think about the team, the sports culture where you depend upon the trust of your teammates, you depend on their confidence in you as somebody who can do what they're supposed to do, and i think the culture of team sports goes into the front office as well. we're competitive. we're all there for a reason. and it's just something about that environment that breeds it. >> just as you were making this decision to announce to the world what had been a secret, a tough secret to carry with you, kobe bryant and the incident where he let loose a slur towards an nba referee. david stern, the commissioner, immediately slapped him with a $100,000 fine. he then apologized. did that make you question whether this was the right thing to do or that that much more certain you should do it? >> the irony of the timing it was the day before i had been sitting in david stern, the commissioner's office, to kind of discuss this with him. the next night kobe went off. you k
it wasn't a big deal. and i don't know. it's something i think about the team, the sports culture where you depend upon the trust of your teammates, you depend on their confidence in you as somebody who can do what they're supposed to do, and i think the culture of team sports goes into the front office as well. we're competitive. we're all there for a reason. and it's just something about that environment that breeds it. >> just as you were making this decision to announce to the world...
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because he was a big support of his father. as we mentioned before, these are two men who were estranged a long time ago. >> in my judgment, i'm a lawyer but this is not my area of expertise. it's a ridiculous legal claim. it should be thrown into the trash heap of so much else that comes out of the bin laden family. having said that, the question i've got is whether or not omar bin laden stepping out this way is evoking any public support within pakistan, in islamabad, in abbottabad? are you seeing people respond to the bin laden family, with shows of public support. >> reporter: not at all. in fact, any kind of public support for osama bin laden has been muted here in pakistan, in islamabad. there really hasn't been any significant backlash in response to the death of bin laden and the u.s. raid on the compound. we've seen pockets of protests from hard-line religious groups here. certainly nothing wide spread. we haven't seen large-scale attacks either. we've had some threats by al qaeda linked groups, the pakistani taliban,
because he was a big support of his father. as we mentioned before, these are two men who were estranged a long time ago. >> in my judgment, i'm a lawyer but this is not my area of expertise. it's a ridiculous legal claim. it should be thrown into the trash heap of so much else that comes out of the bin laden family. having said that, the question i've got is whether or not omar bin laden stepping out this way is evoking any public support within pakistan, in islamabad, in abbottabad? are...
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another big question, what do the rebels have? opposition forces have taken some libyan army assets including anti-tank missiles, shoulder-fired sur far fast-to-air missiles. tanks and guns. nato discusses what to do next, that's it for us tonight. we'll see you tomorrow. "in the arena" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. will the world stop in to spop the bloodshed in libya? more on that in a moment. what are you guys working on tonight? >> i have a question of libya. you are asking when. i'm asking why. the conversation across the nation and at this table has been about the logistics of a no-fly zone and the legal consequences of military action. but why? why intervene militarily in libya. it's a simple question but i haven't heard the answer yes. >> the voice of isolationism. that's why i love conservatives on the show. what do you think about tonight? >> you'll hear something you have heard before. the president just signed an executive order that's deja vu all over again as they say.
another big question, what do the rebels have? opposition forces have taken some libyan army assets including anti-tank missiles, shoulder-fired sur far fast-to-air missiles. tanks and guns. nato discusses what to do next, that's it for us tonight. we'll see you tomorrow. "in the arena" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. will the world stop in to spop the bloodshed in libya? more on that in a moment. what are you guys working on...
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>> this is the big question when they bring him back. in court he was smiling, joking with reporters. that tells me one thing. he's ultimately very confident he can come back here and say, you know what, if i was such a bad guy why did they tip me off? the question for him, my first question for him would be were you protected by the fbi? how many people warned you? who called you when you fled these different places when people thought you might be hiding out and were on your case? if he comes back and talks, he could explode this case even more and we'll have several more series not of reruns but new shows on the bulger case. >> thank sos much for your insights and talking with us tonight. a fascinating story. >>> coming up, so you're looking for a new growth industry. you might want to try marijuana. seriously. if ron paul and barney frank have their way, the states could legalize pot. this is new news tonight. tommy chong of cheech & chong is all for it and he's not blowing smoke when we come back. host: could switchco ally save you
>> this is the big question when they bring him back. in court he was smiling, joking with reporters. that tells me one thing. he's ultimately very confident he can come back here and say, you know what, if i was such a bad guy why did they tip me off? the question for him, my first question for him would be were you protected by the fbi? how many people warned you? who called you when you fled these different places when people thought you might be hiding out and were on your case? if he...
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. >> it is a chance to be big and it definitely shows he's big and he's a leader, but he still has to have that connection thing that he had so well in 2008 that many people think he lost. and big picture, that is what people are still going to be looking for. >> and the metaphor of the first president bush who was about 90 in the approval ratings about this far out after desert tomorrstorm. does that scare the white house? >> if it doesn't, it better. people in september, october, 1992, despite a lot of data saying the economy was coming back didn't believe it and they sent george h.w. bush home. don't think they're not aware of that, the obama white house. >> and just think about how much of a game changer osama bin laden himself was in so many past elections. i remember sitting there at the end of the 2004 election, you were there, following george w. bush around and seeing that bin laden tape that came out and seeing what happened to john kerry, and he was close, and when bin laden came out, it was over for him. >> there has been a moment of unity, you alluded to it, everyone's ch
. >> it is a chance to be big and it definitely shows he's big and he's a leader, but he still has to have that connection thing that he had so well in 2008 that many people think he lost. and big picture, that is what people are still going to be looking for. >> and the metaphor of the first president bush who was about 90 in the approval ratings about this far out after desert tomorrstorm. does that scare the white house? >> if it doesn't, it better. people in september,...
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for more of romney's big announcement, romney's spokesperson in 2008. kevin, welcome. >> great to be with you. >> first question is, why is he different now than he was back in '08? in '08 he was credentialed, experienced, buttoned down, looked the part, but kind of fizzled. why is it going to be different this time? >> well, the '08 campaign, i remember when we did that announcement in michigan. we went on a three-state tour right after that and spent a couple of days going out there and meeting the voters of ohio and new hampshire and south carolina. on the way back at the last leg of that trip, i remember getting a poll from the abc washington post and they showed us at 4%. that was a real stark reminder of the challenges that we face. that's a different frame right now because when you're at 4%, you have to introduce yourself on every issue, national security, economy, social issues. what happens is that you have a whole bunch of different issues and don't have one big argument for why you want to be and the american public is really focused on the
for more of romney's big announcement, romney's spokesperson in 2008. kevin, welcome. >> great to be with you. >> first question is, why is he different now than he was back in '08? in '08 he was credentialed, experienced, buttoned down, looked the part, but kind of fizzled. why is it going to be different this time? >> well, the '08 campaign, i remember when we did that announcement in michigan. we went on a three-state tour right after that and spent a couple of days going...
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and so it wasn't a big surprise. and we gave him ideas in all of those areas and many others. >> all right. you're much too easy on your boss. all right, doug. thank you so much for joining us. when we come back, betrayal, corruption, and lies in afghanistan. and those are the guys on our side. we'll talk to a man who saw it all firsthand. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. ranks quicken loans "highest in customer satisfaction in the united states." and if we're this happy about providing great customer satisfaction, imagine how happy you'll be receiving it. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze.
and so it wasn't a big surprise. and we gave him ideas in all of those areas and many others. >> all right. you're much too easy on your boss. all right, doug. thank you so much for joining us. when we come back, betrayal, corruption, and lies in afghanistan. and those are the guys on our side. we'll talk to a man who saw it all firsthand. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites......
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i think that's a big unanswered question. or voice mails in particular. i might tell somebody higher up than me and they probably will feel obligated to keep going up the chain. one can never tell. i suspect one of the reasons rupert murdoch showed up in london was to make sure his first in command, rebecca brook, was sort of toeing the appropriate line. so whether there's a cover-up there that reaches the highest levels of newscorp or whether it's just the head of a company where there are problems and he's trying to fix them as best he can, i guess we'll -- we may find out. we may not find out. >> some people seem to feel it's really that connection between the rebecca brook, the "news of the world" editor, formerly, and the power that she really had in politics. and david cameron's former assistant also having worked over at the paper. that there just seems to be this coziness that is making people uncomfortable. >> well, i mean, we have the same thing in washington frankly. there's been a lot of coziness over the years. the white house press corps and
i think that's a big unanswered question. or voice mails in particular. i might tell somebody higher up than me and they probably will feel obligated to keep going up the chain. one can never tell. i suspect one of the reasons rupert murdoch showed up in london was to make sure his first in command, rebecca brook, was sort of toeing the appropriate line. so whether there's a cover-up there that reaches the highest levels of newscorp or whether it's just the head of a company where there are...
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but it's a big step forward for the syrian opposition. remember that no one anticipated an alternative to the assad regime for the last 41 years and suddenly the opposition's having to come together. those principles that they agreed upon, including a secular society in syria, helped assuage the fears of those in the west that following the coming to power -- following the fall of the assad regime that they would see the coming to power of an islamist government in that country. >> thank you, andrew tabler, for joining us. >> you're very welcome. >>> coming up, our political panel looks at the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. what happens when the right to privacy collides with political reality? nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley. hey, dad, you think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up. ♪ ♪ [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. [ male announcer ] jetta tdi clean diesel. the turbo that gets 42 miles p
but it's a big step forward for the syrian opposition. remember that no one anticipated an alternative to the assad regime for the last 41 years and suddenly the opposition's having to come together. those principles that they agreed upon, including a secular society in syria, helped assuage the fears of those in the west that following the coming to power -- following the fall of the assad regime that they would see the coming to power of an islamist government in that country. >> thank...
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s most important legacies. >> tbtf is the acronym, too big to fail. they have a government guarantee behind them right now that's more powerful than it used to be. it's almost explicit now. >> it's the case. when we went out in late 2008 and early 2009 and treasury said we're not going to let our largest banks fail, guess what, the markets listened and they're still listen iing, notwithstandg regulatory reform, the market doesn't buy it and doesn't believe the government will do anything other than bail out these largest banks if they hit the rocks again. >> didn't dodd frank take this on and confront the issue of tbtf. >> no, what dodd frank did was give the regulators the authority and power to do something about tbtf but they haven't done it. they haven't done anything yet. indeed really the only person who has been a strong advocate for using the powers of dodd/frank is sheila bair who talks about shrinking the largest institutions but she's stepping down in a couple of months and nobody else has really picked up that mantle. >> you were spectacul
s most important legacies. >> tbtf is the acronym, too big to fail. they have a government guarantee behind them right now that's more powerful than it used to be. it's almost explicit now. >> it's the case. when we went out in late 2008 and early 2009 and treasury said we're not going to let our largest banks fail, guess what, the markets listened and they're still listen iing, notwithstandg regulatory reform, the market doesn't buy it and doesn't believe the government will do...
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i do not think they can get the big mega deal the president is talking about. i think they are going to have a hard time getting a mid sized deal. i think they can come up with a short term, interim package in which it requires some compromise by democrats and republicans. but the president has to compromise too. if the choice is between a default and a short term deal, there's no question he ought to go for the short term deal. >> i'm not sure these guys can figure out how to pay a parking ticket. james, you are the brilliant strategist here. one of my concerns out, and you tell me if i'm crazy. it seems to me like both sides are banking on winning, that they're going to be able to prove to everybody that they really were willing to do something and it was the other side that kept it from going forward, that they're going to win with their base. >> as far as david and senator simpson did a good job. they were calling for one-third in tax increases. what the republicans turned out and the president was talking about something between 20 and 25%. they couldn't e
i do not think they can get the big mega deal the president is talking about. i think they are going to have a hard time getting a mid sized deal. i think they can come up with a short term, interim package in which it requires some compromise by democrats and republicans. but the president has to compromise too. if the choice is between a default and a short term deal, there's no question he ought to go for the short term deal. >> i'm not sure these guys can figure out how to pay a...
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when are we going deal with the big four, medicaid, medicare, social security, and defense spending? >> you know, those are two different issues. it does feel like compromise is within reach. i think get something bipartisan compromise is important so that we don't in the midst of being fiscally responsible cut the very things that we need to get the economy growing and competitive. on the longer run stuff of entitlements, there we got to hold hands and do it all together if it's going to be done. >> all right. is that -- are you going to convene everybody to hold hands together and chew granola? >> reporter: a holding hands session. >> we'll watch you host that for everybody. austin ghoulsbee, thank you very much for joining us. congratulations on the encouraging news today. >> thank you. >>> all right. all in all better news than not on the jobs front. take it when you can get it. >>> since biblical days the road to damascus has been the scene of destruction and deliverance . that continued today with more violence in syria and a glimmer of hope. in between, there's motrin pm. no o
when are we going deal with the big four, medicaid, medicare, social security, and defense spending? >> you know, those are two different issues. it does feel like compromise is within reach. i think get something bipartisan compromise is important so that we don't in the midst of being fiscally responsible cut the very things that we need to get the economy growing and competitive. on the longer run stuff of entitlements, there we got to hold hands and do it all together if it's going to...
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understand i want a big field here. the more the merrier. i agree that romney just seems like such a front runner. more money than anyone else. new hampshire primary lines up nicely for him. every time i think that he's got to get the nomination, i get a doubt that a lot of republicans just have a lot of doubt things. it will be interesting to see. he has a lot of pressure on him. he should win. >> it's only just beginning. the twist and turns. i can't wait. james carville, david gergen, tony blankley. thank you. >>> why was hillary clinton driving in the wrong direction when we come back. ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. a complete four course seafoo
understand i want a big field here. the more the merrier. i agree that romney just seems like such a front runner. more money than anyone else. new hampshire primary lines up nicely for him. every time i think that he's got to get the nomination, i get a doubt that a lot of republicans just have a lot of doubt things. it will be interesting to see. he has a lot of pressure on him. he should win. >> it's only just beginning. the twist and turns. i can't wait. james carville, david gergen,...
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has a very big funding problem. this new consumer protection agency is not there yet and as long as the president comes out and fights on the grounds he laid out today, he'll win. >> i want to talk about the work of the agency itself. how much do consumers need this? we're not just talking about credit cards and mortgages and -- we're talking about unfair practices that consumers aren't even aware of. it's inside baseball. not reading the fine print. >> i don't think it's inside baseball, i don't know about you, but the last time i got clarification of credit card terms, a little document, but it was like concertina. i don't have the eyesight to read that level of fine print. >> personally, in the middle of a refi, and the person on the other end, she may have been speaking a foreign language. all of these people don't know the parameters. most people aren't that abreast of it. >> know before you owe is one of the agency's landmark items right now, and a very good initiati initiative, and legitimate, honest people i
has a very big funding problem. this new consumer protection agency is not there yet and as long as the president comes out and fights on the grounds he laid out today, he'll win. >> i want to talk about the work of the agency itself. how much do consumers need this? we're not just talking about credit cards and mortgages and -- we're talking about unfair practices that consumers aren't even aware of. it's inside baseball. not reading the fine print. >> i don't think it's inside...
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surge, that was widely interpreted and understood that joe biden had argued for a small surge and not a big surge of 30,000. and general petraeus and bob gates and secretary clinton all argued for the larger number and they would have gone larger. that was seen as a victory for petraeus. >> larger number which was essential in their opinion for a counterinsurgency program allowing to move in troops, clear an area and hold that area. >> the taliban who had been giving protection to al qaeda and allowed them sanctuary and brought on 9/11 had the momentum in 2009 and president obama to his credit announced a surge. that surge has worked very well. i think the president deserves a lot of credit for that. it has reversed the momentum. the debate is everyone wants to wind this down but how rapidly to wind it down and there was not only divisions within the administration in which petraeus, gates and clinton were arguing let's do this slowly and let's have two more fighting seasons, this season and next year and joe biden widely reported was arguing for something faster. this is closer to the bide
surge, that was widely interpreted and understood that joe biden had argued for a small surge and not a big surge of 30,000. and general petraeus and bob gates and secretary clinton all argued for the larger number and they would have gone larger. that was seen as a victory for petraeus. >> larger number which was essential in their opinion for a counterinsurgency program allowing to move in troops, clear an area and hold that area. >> the taliban who had been giving protection to...
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take one of the big ones out? nah. ♪ >>> dominique strauss-kahn, the head of the imf, may make bail tomorrow. his lawyers are going to court, reportedly going to ask he be released on $1 million bond. he's also said to be willing to wear an electronic bracelet and submit to house arrest. meanwhile, the french are having a reaction to the arrest that actually might shock you. joining us to talk about the view from abroad is terry anault, our political correspondent for the french network bfm tv. thanks for being with us. >> pleasure. >> i was shocked when i looked at the new council, polling analysis, in france, showed that 57% of the people who were polled said they thought dominique strauss-kahn, dsk, was the victim in this. does that surprise you? >> well, the victim is suddenly a strange way to put it. i'm not sure what the question was. but victimized to some extent i can understand why and the reason was the way he was put on display so to speak before undergoing any trial, before being proven guilty. there
take one of the big ones out? nah. ♪ >>> dominique strauss-kahn, the head of the imf, may make bail tomorrow. his lawyers are going to court, reportedly going to ask he be released on $1 million bond. he's also said to be willing to wear an electronic bracelet and submit to house arrest. meanwhile, the french are having a reaction to the arrest that actually might shock you. joining us to talk about the view from abroad is terry anault, our political correspondent for the french...
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this is the big lie. the big lie gains credence because it is repeated with a bigger and bigger megaphone over and over. now they're on to the next. there is a phenomenon. there will be a core, the 50 million who voted against him, are probably going to vote against him next time political politically. the question is, can he keep the 60 million, precise number, who voted with him. will there be some group on that side now firmer in their support with him because they're saying this is -- >> let me tell you where the right in this particular instance have screwed up roya y royally. this is where they did it. because with so many important issues to fall back on, to legitimately attack this president, you pick this and not only that, you're willing to put anybody who will validate those suspicions front and center to make your case. the american people have historically shown especially in times of strife when you are willing to engage is such silliness, they will make you pay. that's why i think he should
this is the big lie. the big lie gains credence because it is repeated with a bigger and bigger megaphone over and over. now they're on to the next. there is a phenomenon. there will be a core, the 50 million who voted against him, are probably going to vote against him next time political politically. the question is, can he keep the 60 million, precise number, who voted with him. will there be some group on that side now firmer in their support with him because they're saying this is --...
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i at least expected a big turnout. even if the response from some men was not going to change overnight, as you point out. why so few women at this moment to celebrate this enormous victory? >> well, i guess part of it is also because of the fears. you know, tahrir square, like recently there's been a law in the past week -- there's many new developments. it wasn't just the women's march. there was also a protest, i was in front of -- there was a protest for the ousting of the yemeni president. there was a march for marchers of alexandria. there's a lot of side protests in front of the egyptian and state television building. there was a huge protest today of cops protesting state coverage of cops in egypt. that had hundreds of people. so there's a lot of uneasiness. it isn't the state of egypt in this week, there's a lot of chaos and driving home, you know, i got a call, don't take the way you usually take because people are throwing rocks, the military's interferinterfering, gunshots. a lot of uneasiness, thugs. the s
i at least expected a big turnout. even if the response from some men was not going to change overnight, as you point out. why so few women at this moment to celebrate this enormous victory? >> well, i guess part of it is also because of the fears. you know, tahrir square, like recently there's been a law in the past week -- there's many new developments. it wasn't just the women's march. there was also a protest, i was in front of -- there was a protest for the ousting of the yemeni...